Liquid-dispensing can



sept. 16, 1924. .Lsofuo E. D. RANCK l LIQUID DISPENSI-NG CAN Filed Oct. 13 1923 the can.

partition 2 into two compartments 3 and 4.

Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

EDWARD DEVINE 1,508.41@- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

RANCK, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, GANADA, ASSIGNOR '.lO THE COLE- MAN LAM? CO., OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

LIQUID-marmein@ can.

Applioationled October 13, 1928. Serial No. 668,421.

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Be it .known that I, EDWARD DEVINE RANCE, of the city of Toronto, inthe county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a citizen of the United States of America,

have invented certain new and useful lm-` provements in Liquid-Dispensing Cans, of which the following is a specication.

.This invention relates particularly to contalnersv for liquid fuels, lubricating oils and the like from which the contents may be poured as requlred and my object is to devlse a container which cannot inadvertently b e overilled, which will pour without gurglmg, from which, with one tilting of the can only a predetermined quantity can be poured, which will enable the user to stop the flow at willwhen the container is in pouring osition, with which there is sufcient de ay in the flow of liquid from the spout to enablethe latterl to be inserted in a receptacle without danger of spilling, and generally to make the container safe and convenient for use.

I attain my objects by means ofthe constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichl Fig. l is a vertical section of my improved can .1n upright position;

Flg. 2 a similar view showing the can tilted to horizontal position; and

Fi 3 a plan view of the can, partly broken away. .v

1 is a closed cylinder forming the body of This is divided by a transverse The lower compartment 4 is given the predetermined proportion to the upper compartment' 3. For example, if the total capaclty of the can be one gallon, the lower compartment may have a capacity of one quart and the upper a capacity of three quarts.'

Through the upr end of the can extends a filling tube 5, w 'ch extends down within the upper compartment, so that the mam'- mum liquid level in the can cannot rise above the lower end of the tube as the upper end of the can is otherwise entirely closed. rihe advantage of this arrangement will hereafter appear.

The outlet spout 6 communicates with the lower compartment 4 adjacent the wall of the can and extends up, preferably through the upper compartment, to a point above the level of the upper end of the can, the outer end 7 of the spout. being bent for convenience in pouring. This end is provided with a screw cap 8, whereby it may be tightly lclosed when the can is not in use.

An opening. 9 is formed between the two compartments diametrically opposite the opening of the spout 6 into the lower compartment and close to the wall of the container. Preferably a tube 10 communicates with this opening and extends close t0 the bottom of the compartment. To facilitate the entry of air into the compartment 4', when liquid is being dispensed from thc can, I provide an air tube 12 which extends from the mouth of the end 7 of the spout 6 substantially to the bottom of the compartment 4 diametrically opposite the outlet of the spout 6 from the said chamber. Preferably this air tube extends through the tube 10. To facilitate the escape of a1r from the compartment 4, when the latter is to be refilled with the liquid from the compartment 3, I provide an air tube 11, which opens through the partition 2 adjacent the opening 9, and extends up toi a point within the air space at the upper end of the compartment 3. f'

The operation of the device 4is substantially as follows: A cap 1 3, which normally closes the filling tube 5, is removed, and liquid poured into the container until the lower end of the filling tube is sealed thereby. The cap 13 is then replaced. Vihen a receptacle is tobe lled the cap 8 is removed. At tlns time the lower compartment 4 is, of course, full, as well as the upper compartment, the air from the lower compartment having escaped through the tube 11 as liquid owed down through the tube 10. The air tube 12 and the spout 6 are also full to the level of the lower end of the filling tube 5. -When the can isA tilted to the position shown in Fig. 2, liquid tendsv to dow from the lower com partment 4 through the spout, but none can xssue from the endV 7- ofthe spout until the liquid contained in the tube 12 has been sucked back into the lower compartment and air is entering the f said compartment throu h the said tube 12. This takes an apprecia .le length of time, enabling the end 7 of the spout to be inserted in the receptacle before any drip occursy therefrom. When the can is lled, the air at the upper end of Aes the can, of course, tlows to the side which is now uppermost, sothat the liquid level in4 when the can is tilted., ll thus insure that,

when the can is tilted, only the contents of the lower chamber will be dispensed. rllhe device may thus be used to measure and dispense a given quantity oit liquid with sutficient accuracy for ordinary. purposes.

lf less than the quantity contained in the compartment 4 is required 'to lill the receptacle, the flow can be stopped when the receptacle is suciently full by immersing the end of the spout 6 in the liquid in the receptacle, thus closing the end of the air tube 12. The can may then be quickly tilted back to its normal position.

lf more than the quantity contained in the lower compartment i is required to be dispensed, it will be necessary to tilt the can back to the upright position when the compartment will again fill. i.

From the above description, it will be seen that l have devised a can which will satisfactorily attain the objects of my invention set out in the preamble to this specilication.

What ll claim is 1. A dispensing container divided by a transverse partition into an upper and a lower compartment communicating with one another only at a point adjacent the wall of the container by means of -a tube extendin down to a point adjacent the botu tom ot t e lower compartment; and an air tube connecting the Aupper parts of the two compartments adjacent the side thereof which is uppermost when the container i in dispensing position.

2. A dispensing container divided by a' transverse partition into an upper and a llower compartment' l communicatin with one another only at a point adjacent t e wall l of the container; and an air tube connecting the upper parts of the two compartments adjacent the side Vthereof which is uppermost when the container is in dispensing poi sition. i

neonato 3. A dispensing container divided by a transverse partition into an upper and a lower compartment communicating with one another only at a point adjacent the wall of the container by means et a tube entendi ing down to a point adjacent the bottom ot the lower compartment; a spout communieating with 'the lower compartment substantially diametrically opposite the communication aforesaid and entenolirma above the upper end of the container; and an air tube extending from the mouth oil the spout to the interior ot the tube aforesaid and means ior'permitting air to enter the upper compartment and to escape from the lower compartment while the latter is iilling.

d. A dispensing container divided by transverse partition into an upper and a lower compartment communicating with one another only at a point adjacent the wall of the container; a spout communicating with the lower compartment substantially diametrically opposite the communication aforesaid and extending above the upper end oie the container; an air tube enctending `from the mouth of the spout to the interior of the lower compartment adjacent the side thereof which is uppermost when the container is in dispensing position; and

substantially d'iametrically opposite the communication aforesaid and extending above the upper end of the container; an airl tube extendin troml the mouth ont the spout to the interior of the tube aforesaid;

`and an air tube connecting the upper parts ot' the two compartments.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 27th day of September, 1923. I

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